Ticket for printing mechanisms



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UNITED- s rAr s sn'rn alumnus, or OAK rank, immorsnssrenon ronrionns-nocnnmm MANU- PA ENT OFFICE.

FACTUBING 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

TICKET FOR rarurmenncnamsms.

- Application filed 1mm 11, 1924.,sm51 No. 685,495.

To allach mn may concern:

Be itpknown that I, SETHA. Riionns, a

citizen :oftheUnited States, residing atOak Park, Cook County, Iilinois,have nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Tickets for PrintingMechanisms, of which the following is a specification. 1 Theseimprovements relate to tickets for such devices as are adapted to printthereon certain data from a wheel having so large a diameter and havingthe printing characters thereon arranged so close together asnecessarily to make an impression of other d-ata' than that which isparticularly desired 120 be shown, as in coin-controlled weighing scalesadapted to deliver a ticket showing the weight of the person standing.on the scale platform; Its chief objects are to provide a ticketaccording to which the imprinted data is more clearly and definitely setforth, with the avoidance of confusion to the person receiving theticket, and rendering the data more easily to be read, and to provide aticket which when normally imprinted by the machine will have a neaterand cleaner appearancea feature of commercial as well as of otherimportance.

In the accompanying drawings, which I forma part-of this specification,Figure 1 shows .fragmentarily an arrangement of printing devicessuitable in a'coin-controlled ticket-vending machine; Fig. 2 shows partsillustrated in Fig. 1 at right ,angles thereto; Fig. 3 is a face view ofa ticket showing these improvements, and Figs. 1 and 5 are respectiveface views ofsuch a ticket in a slightly modified-form. 1

Referring to Fig. 1, the ticket 10 is to be understood as having beenfed by suitable mechanism into position to be printed by the printingwheel 11. An inked ribbon 12 ositioned between the ticket or card 10 anthe printing characters 13 on the wheel 11. The swinging hammer 14 isadapted to strike upon the ticket and the data shown by the characters13 is thereby impressed 'upon the card. 1

, In a ticket-delivering weighing scale the data shown by the.impression characters 13 is in the-formofnumbers indicating pounds,andbecause of the. great variety of weights of persons who may use thescale, say from a few pounds up to 250 pounds, all to be provided for bycharacters as 13 on the periphcry of the wheel 11, the diameter of thatwheel must be relatively'large to provide therequired circumference, andthe characters must be-placed as close to each other as. v convenientlymay be so that substantially the maximum number of characters may beprovided on the periphery of a wheel of minimum diameter.- Itnecessarily results that when the hammer 14 strikes the ticketmoreofsuch characters as 13 than the particular ones desired will leave theirimpressions on the ticket.

I find thatit is not essential to a clear reading to indicate all of theweights by numerals, but that it is suflicient if every other pound isso shown, as 17 2, 17 4 and 176 in Fig. 3, with graduationmarks as 15indicating the intermediate figures. Since several impressions aresimultaneously made it is preferable not to show more than every otherfigure, for the sake of clearness, especially on a card having theseimprovements for the fewer the numbers shown the less will be theconfusion to therecipient of the card, and in this connectionconsideration must be had of the large number of persons of limitedintelligence or small experience in such matters who are constantlyusing such machines.

Referring to Fig. 3 the card 10, as it is provided in asuitable-compartment of the machine for use by it, does not, containeither the date 16 or the weight data 17. It does contain, however, thearrow or pointer 18, and it is also printed with two heavy bars 20 inblack ink or in some other dark color, for instance purple ifthe ribbon12 be purple, or blue if the ribbon 12 be blue. Black will serve,however, for all dark colors of ribbons used. These two dark areas20 areof such material width as to embrace within their outer limits all ofthe space on the card which will be printed the wheel 11, and theydefine an open space as S between them of a width sufficient to showthereon one complete character as 174, Fig. 3, or about two completecharacters as 174 and 176, Fig. 4:, and the arrangement is such that thedark areas as 20 render um noticeable the rest of the characters thatwould otherwise be displayed on the card. This is duesimply to the factthat the imprint upon the dark surfaces as 20, does not provide such acontrast as enables the imprint thereon to stand out.

The only difference between card 10*, Fig. 4:, and that shown in Fig. 3,is that the entire face of the card with the exception of the open spaceS adapted to receive the impressions is printed in the darker 'color, afeature-shown here to indicate that cards distinctive in appearance maybe employed for different operators of such machines; and in Fig. 5 Ihave illustrated another distinctive card 10 in which darkened portions22 areshown only at the places on the card where they are of advantagein limiting the impression to that part thereof desired. 1

Referring to Fig. 3, the weight of the person indicated is 174 pounds.While the arrow points to that weight, yet if both 172 pounds and 17 6pounds were clearly shown on that card the indication would not be asclear and certain to the minds of many of the persons who use suchmachines. With a part of the indicating-characters 172 and 176 blockedout or cancelled or not shown, the mental impression which, the personreceiving the ticket has is very definite, for the only number clearlyshown is 174:.

Referring to Fig. 4 where one character 17 6 is clearly shown and theother character 174 is almost fully shown, it is evident to the personreceiving the ticket that the weight is between 174 pounds and 176pounds.

The arrow 18 points to a place near the graduation numbered 15 in Fig.4:, and it can readily therefore be determined that the weight isbetween 175 and 176 pounds, and

that it is about a quarter of a pound more than 175 pounds. a

For such weights as are expected to be indicated by a coin-controlledmachine, such variations as a quarter of a pound are not material,although the weight can be quite accurately determined if desired. Thedesideratum is that the person who drops a coin into the machine shallreceive for that investment a ticket which will indicate at a glancewhat the weight is, and without confusion. A person receiving the cardof Fig. 4 will at once know that the weight is approximately 175 pounds.That is ordinarily all he desires to know. If his weight were exactly175 pounds both the weights 174 and 176 would be fully shown and thearrow would point between them indicating 175 pounds. Such a clear spaceas that where the imprint occurs, with dark areas on each side thereof,provides means whereby the person may tell at a glance all he wantstoknow, without much or any-reference to the arrow 18. a

It is a distinct advantage also that a card be delivered which is neatand attractive in appearance, the same as with any other commodity whichone may purchase. Owing to the relatively great diameter of the printingwheel as 11 a'c'ard without these improvements would show thereon anumblocking-out provisions are not necessary on that part of the card,

Reference should be had to the appended claims to determine the scope ofthe improvements herein set forth.

I claim:

1. A ticket for use in a ticket-printing, information-vending machinehaving information data in the form of printing characters arranged sideby side and close together on the periphery of a printing wheel of suchlarge diameter as normally to print upon the ticket complete andincomplete character impressions, some of which im pressions are notdesired to be shown, the

ticket having a portion ofits surface adapted to receive the desiredimpressions from the wheel and having immediately adjacent to and Oneach side of said portion'a surface so nearly in conformity with theimpressions from the wheel that the impressions adjacent to thedesirable ones on the ticket are rende ed substantially unnoticeable.

2. A ticket for use in a ticket-printing and vending weighing scalehaving wei'ghtindicating printing characters arranged side by side andclose together on the periphery of a printing'wheel of such largediameter as normally to print upon the ticket complete and incompletecharacter impressions, some of which impressions are not desired to beshown, the ticket having a portion of its surface adapted to receive thedesired impressions from the wheel and show them clearly and havingimmediately adjacent to said portion an area of a color corresponding 4to such an extent with the color of the im; pressions made by theprinting characters that the printing impressions on saidv area do notdistinctly 'show.

3. A ticket for use in a ticket-printing vending machine havinginformation data in the formof printing characters arranged on theperiphery of a rotating printing 5 member and adapted to print desirableand undesirable character impressions, the ticket having a portion ofits surface adapted. to

receive the desirable impressions from said rotating member and havingadjacent to such; surface a second surface adapted to '10 rendersubstantially unnoticeable the undesirable impressions.

I SETH A. RHODES.

